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G. P. WIGGINTON.

I LOOSE SHEET DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY14, !920.

1,395,754. Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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LOOSE SHEET DEVICE.

APPLICATION fILED my 14, 1920.

1,395,754. Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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Geo/ye f? m'yyinfon' GEORGE P. WIGGINTON, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN,ASSIGN'OR TO KALAMAZOO LOOSE LEAF BINDER COMPANY, OF KALAMAZOO,MIGHIGAN.

LOOSE-SHEET DEVICE. I

Application filed May 14,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gnonon P. WIGGIN- 'roN, a citizen oftheUnitedStates, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loose-SheetDevices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in loose sheet devices.

My improvements are especially designed by me for the handling of loosesheets in accountin or record systems.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide an improved loose sheet device which facilitates thehandling or manipulation of sheets in the making of entries or recordsthereon and also which provides means for securely holding them in abook or binder for filing and, for reference purposes. y

Second, to provide a loose sheet device having these advantages which isvery convenient to use and at the same time simple and economical instructure.

Further, and objects relating to structural details will definitely apear from the de- ;tailed description to fol ow.

I accomplish the ob ects of my invention by the devices and meansdescribed in the following specification. The invention is clearlydefined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure whic is a preferred embodiment 5 of my invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, in which:

Figur'e'I is-a perspective view showing the sheets arranged in a binderfor filing or reference purposes. a

Fig. I is a detail section on a line corresponding to line 1 -1 of Fig.I, showing structural details of the binder.

Fig. II is a perspective view of the sheet body-removed from the binderbut still retained or bound by the posts.

. Fig. III is a perspective view of the sheets arranged on the supportwith the posts remaining in the sheet body,

Fig. IV is a perspective view of the support partially broken awayshowing the holes in the side members through which the Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. l, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 381,313.

posts inserted in the sheet body from the under side thereof may beremoved.

Fig. V is an inverted detail view of the support.-

Fig. VI is a detail section on a line 6-6 of Fig. III, the posts beingshown in full lines.

Fig. VII is a detail plan view showing the manner of offset-ting thesheets, the sheet guide member of the support being indicated bydottedlines.

Fig. VIII is a detail perspective view showlng a portion of the sheetsin each holder with a part of the sheets in the receiving holderofi'set.

Fig. IX is a detail perspective view of the sheet body with part of thesheets offset and the binding posts inserted for placing in the binder.I

Fig. Xis a detail section of afmodified form of binder embodyingthefeatures of my invention. L i

In the drawing similar-reference characters refer to similar parts-"throu ghout the several views, and thesectional views are taken"looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the sectionlines.

Referring to the drawing, the sheets 1 are provided with holes 2 andnotches 3 at their binding edges. The purpose of the holes and notcheswill be made clear as the description proceeds. I provide a binderconsisting of covers 4 having clamping members 5 pivotally connectedthereto and binding members 6 extending between the clamping members.These clamping members are clamped by the bindin sheets, the mechanism%y which this is accomplished being preferably that shown in the patentto Bushong No. 914,383, March 9, 1909, and as such mechanism forms nopart of this invention, it is not illustrated or decommodate the sheetbodyf The posts are provided with disk-like heads 8 which engage theouter sheets, and are inserted from members upon the both sides of thesheet body constituting binding members adapted to hold the sheetstogether as a unit, as shown in Fig. II.

The posts have studs or projecting parts 9 at their outer ends adaptedto engage the holes 10 provided therefor in the clamping bars sothatwhen the clamping bars are adjusted to the posts, the sheet body issecured or retained in the binder and at the same time when the clampingbars are separated, the sheet body is freed and may be removed from thebinder as a unit as shown in Fig. II.

To facilitate the handling of sheets when removed from the binder, Iprovide a support designated generally b the numeral 11 and consistingof a pair 0 holders 12 and 13 each comprising an end member 14 and aside member 15 disposed relative to each other to provide thetrough-like holders. The side and end members of the holder 12 aredisposed at right angles so that when the sheets are arranged thereonwith their ends abutting the end member as shown in Fig. VIII, the,sheets are alined to receive the binding posts. To aline the sheetslaterally, the holders are provided with guides 14, the guide 14' of theholder 13 being provided mainly to aline the posts with the openings 16in the holder so that the posts may be withdrawn through these holes-seeFig. VIwhi lej the guide of holder 12 alines the sheets in an alinedbody or in an ofl'set relation so that selected sheets may bedistinguished, for instance, such sheets as have had their accountseffected, and also the sheets are alined so that the posts may bereinserted in the holes 16. The holes and notches are arranged so thatthere are registering holes and registering notches when in eitherposition.

The posts may be reinserted with the sheets in ofi'set position as shownin Fig. IX, and the sheet body placed in the binder which is providedwith covers which are extended so as to protect the sheetsso ofiset, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. I.

In Fig. X, I illustrate my improvements applied to another type ofbinder in which the clamping bars 17 are secured to the covers 18 byflexible hinges 19, the clamping bars being connected by posts 20, thedetails not being shown as they form no part of this invention, and anysuitable means for securing the binder members together to coact withtheposts 7 being contemplated by me.

My improved loose sheet handling device greatly facilitates the handlingof loose sheets for accounting purposes, as the'manipulation of thesheets for-makingrentries thereon is made very convenient. urther, thesheets are securely bound for storage and reference purposes when in thebinder.

I have not attempted to illustrate or describe other modifications oradaptations Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. The combination with sheets having notches in their binding edges andholes adjacent their binding edges, the holes and notches beinguniformly spaced so that there are registering holes when the sheets arearranged in an alined body or with selected sheet in an offset relationwith their notches registering, of a binder comprising a pair of bindermembers provided with clamping bars having holes in their inner faces,binding members extending between said clamping bars, posts engageablein the holes of said sheets from opposite sides of the sheet body andhaving heads engaging the sheet body and studs engageable with the holesof said clamping bars, said posts being released from the binder membersby the separation of the clamping bars so that the sheet body may beremoved from the binder as a unit while held by said posts, and a sheetsupport comprising a pair of sheet holders having side and end members,one side and end member being disposed at right angles to each other sothat the sheets may be arranged on the side member with their bindingedges abutting the end member, said end members having guides thereoncoacting with the notches of the sheets for alinmg them on the holders,said side members.

having holes therein through which posts may be inserted into or removedfrom the body of sheets.

2. The combination with sheets having notches in their binding edges andholes adjacent their binding edges, of a binder comprising a pair ofbinder members provided with clamping bars having holes in their innerfaces, binding members extending between said clamplng bars, postsengageable in the holes of said sheets fromopposite sides of the sheetbody and having heads engaging the sheet body and studs engageable withthe holes of said clamping bars, said posts being released from thebinder members by the separation of the clamping bars so that the sheetbody may be removed from thebinder as a unit-while held by said posts,and a sheet support comprising a pair of sheet holders having side andend members, one side and end member being disposed at right angles toeach other so that the sheets may be arranged on the side memthroughwhich posts may be inserted into or removed from the body of sheets.

3. The combination with sheets "having holes adjacent to their bindingedges,of a binder comprising a pair of binder members provided withclamping bars having holes in their inner faces, binding membersextending between said clamping bars, posts engageable with said sheetsfrom opposite sides of the sheet body and having heads engaging thesheet body and studs engageable with the holes of said clamping bars,said posts being released from the binder members by the separation ofthe clamping bars so that the sheet body may be removed from the binderas a unit while held by said posts, and a sheet support comprising apair of sheet holders having side and end members, one side and endmember being disposed at right angles to each other so that the sheetsmay be arranged on the side member with their binding edges abutting theend member, said side members having holes therein through which postsmay be inserted intoor removed from the body of sheets.

4. The combination with sheets having notches in their binding edges andholes adjacent their binding edges, the holes and notches beinguniformly spaced so that there are registering holes when the sheets arearranged in an alined body or with-selected sheets in an offset relationwith their notches registering, of a binder comprising a pair of bindermembers, binding members for said binder members, posts engageable inthe holes of said sheets from opposite sides of the sheet body andhaving heads engaging the sheet body and removably engageable with saidbinder members, and a sheet support comprisinga pair of sheet holdershaving side and end members disposed so that the sheets maybe arrangedon the side members with their binding edges abutting the end members,said end members having guides thereon coacting with the notches of thesheets for alining them on the holders, said side members having holestherein through which posts may be inserted into or removed from thebody of sheets.

5. The combination with sheets having notches in their binding edges andholes adjacent their binding edges, of a binder comprising a pair ofbinder members, binding members for said binder members, postsengageable in the holes of said sheets from oppositesides of the sheetbody and having heads engaging the sheet body and removably engageablewith said binder members, and a sheet support comprising a pair of sheetholders having side and end members disposed so that the sheets may bearranged on the side members with their binding edges abutting the endmembers, said end members having guides thereon coacting with thenotches of the sheetsfor alining them on the holders, said side membershaving holes therein through which posts may be inserted into or removedfrom the body of sheets.

6. The combination with sheets, of a binder comprising a pair of-bindermembers, binding members for said binder members, posts engageable withsaid sheets from opposite sides of the sheet body and having headsengaging the sheet body and removably engageable with said bindermembers,

and a sheet support comprising a pair of sheet holders having side andend members disposed so that the sheets may be arranged on the sidemembers with their binding edges abutting the end members, said sidemembers having holes therein through which posts-may be inserted into orremoved from the body-of sheets.

7. The combination with sheets,ofabinder comprising a pair of bindermembers, binding members for said binder members, posts engageable .withsaid sheets from opposite sides of the sheet body and-having headsengaging the sheet body and removably 'engageable with said bindermembers, said posts being released by the separation of the bindermembers so that the sheet body may be removed from the binder as a unitwhile held by said posts, and'a sheet support comprising a pair of sheetholders'having side and end members disposed so that the sheets may bearranged on the side members with their binding edges abutting the endmembers, said side members having holes therein through which posts maybe inserted into or removed from the body of sheets.

8. The combination with sheets having notches in their binding edges andholes adjacent their binding edges, of a binder comprising a pair ofbinder members provided with clamping bars having holes in their innerfaces, binding members extending between said clamping bars, postsengageable with said sheets and binder members, said posts beingreleased from the binder memers by the separation of the clamping barsand constituting a binding means for the sheet body so that it may beremoved from the binder as a unit, and a sheet support comprising a pairof sheet holders having side and end members disposed so that the sheetsmay be arranged on the side members with their binding edges abuttingthe end members and the posts removed from the sheets, said end membershaving guides thereoncoacting with the notches of the sheets for aliningthem on the holders to receive the posts. 1

.9. The combination with sheets, of a binder comprising a air of bindermembers provided with c amping bars having holes in their inner faces,binding membersextending between said clamping bars, posts enga eablewith said sheets and binder binder members by the separation of theclamping bars and constituting a binding means for the sheet body sothat it may be removed from the binder as a unit, and a sheet supportcomprising a pair of sheet holders having side and end members disposedso that the sheets may be arranged on the sid members with their bindingedges abutting the end members and the posts removed from the sheets. I

10. The combination with sheets having notches in their binding edgesand holes adjacent their binding edges, of a binder comprising a pair ofbinder members having holes therein, posts removably engageable with theholes in said sheets and binder members and constituting a binding meansfor the sheet body so that it may be removed from the binder as a unit,and a sheet support comprising a pair of sheet holders disposed so thatthe body of sheets may be arranged on one of the holders and the postsremoved from the sheets andthe sheets transferred to the other holderwhich is adapted to support the sheets to receivev the posts he body ofsheets held by the posts may be replaced in the binder as a unit, saidholders having guides thereon coacting with the notches of the sheetsfor alining them on the holders to receive the posts.

11. The combination with sheets, of a binder comprising a pair of bindermembers, posts removably engageable with said sheets and binder membersand constituting a binding means for the sheet body so that it may be'removed from the binder as a unit, and a sheet support comprising a pairof sheet holders disposed so that the body of sheets may be arranged onone of the holders and the posts removed from the sheets and the sheetstransferred to the other holder which is sheets to receive the posts sothat the body of sheets held by the posts may be replaced in the binderas a unit.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceof two EMMA L. HARRIS.

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